Apparently, he has been blocked by Imagine.ie, so none of their clients can reach it without disabling a filter

I have a couple of questions I would like answered.

Who gave Imagine permission to dictate what is appropriate on the Internet?

What are their criteria for deeming a site inappropriate?

Who gave them permission to block a site without the client’s consent?

I know the site that was blocked, and I know the bloke who writes it. He can be outspoken in his writings, but so can a lot of us. He was barred for this. [and I’m not taking the risk of being banned as well!!]

WTH…who gives someone the right to decide what I will read???? Grandad…who do I contact to tell them just how I feel about this? Unacceptable to treat any of us like we are 2 years old! Makes me want to read it even more, silly asshats!

The filter concerned was automatically provided (and pre-set), to another blogger when they changed IP providers. Whilst it’s a gross invasion of privacy and stymies the free speech that we love so much on the internet. It can be moderated by the user. It is indeed a worry that these perameters can be set by an IP rather than the user of the IP itself. I’d be changing providers in a heartbeat.

You know for the longest time AOL filtered what their clients could and could not see on the interwebicals. There are countries that filter content as well. China, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Iran and even Germany disallow content they don’t like.
Unforunately the film I linked to has been taken down by You Tube so I guess they filter content also. If anyone has a copy of the English version of ‘Fitna’ would you please send it to me so I can post it from MY SERVER .
By the way, I am enjoying being labeled as a Hate Monger.
Now I’ve got to figure out some kind of Hate Monger sign to put on my sites sidebar.
🙂

Sadly to say, I’m ancient enough to remember censorship in fiction. Books from Brindsley McNamara, John McGahern and Edna O’Brien were unavailable in Ireland. My brother (a priest) gave me ‘The Valley of the Squinting Windows’ by Brindsley McNamara, and The Dark. I had just turned sixteen and was amazed that he would discuss such diverse issues related to the books. It was all about having a choice, he told me.
Ireland and the world has changed, and with it the outlets we enjoy now through the Internet.
We must decide for ourselves what links we visit.
Censorship is not an option for the mature educated mind.

I’m going to weigh in here. I was the one who originally received the message when I switched my broadband provider.

Now I’d like to point out that Imagine have provided a child protection setting on the offchance that I’d have any sprogs using my internet. As it happens, I don’t, so for me it was an inconvenience more than anything else. I assume that Imagine tag certain phrases or videos or whatever as being unacceptable.

And perhaps it’s the LSD kicking in, but did Brian say he enjoys being labelled a hate-monger?